A rare earth-free GaZnON phosphor prepared by combustion for white light-emitting diodes†
Chun Che Lin,Shu-Fen Hu
Journal of Materials Chemistry C Pub Date : 01/16/2015 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C4TC02615B
Abstract

Nanophosphor GaZnON was synthesized by combustion using a unimolar mixture of metal oxides and urea as a flux/combustible agent at varying temperature and time; the resulting products crystallized in a single monoclinic phase and had broad PLE spectra (300–550 nm at λex = 350 nm) with the characteristic blue emission that can be utilised in white light-emitting diodes by adding them with red and green light-emitting phosphors and by using a UV LED (λex = 300 nm). Phosphors were examined according to respective package parameters. The blue light-emitting phosphor GaZnON was found to have excellent potential in white light-emitting diode devices by assimilating them with already viable red and green light-emitting phosphors and by stimulating them using a near-UV LED chip with wavelength λex = 300 nm. The possible electron transition mechanism responsible for the luminescence process is also discussed based on the experimental data.

Graphical abstract: A rare earth-free GaZnON phosphor prepared by combustion for white light-emitting diodes